Microsoft Word 2016 Level 1 (with Challenge Exercises)

LoanNew

Self-taught course

Description

This hands-on beginner’s course aims to give the learner a sound grounding in the use of Microsoft Word 2016 to create everyday documents required either at work or at home. Particular emphasis is placed on developing accurate and well-designed documents. The course begins by showing the learner how to navigate around Microsoft Word 2016. It then quickly gets the learner to create a new document before moving onto features such as text manipulation and enhancement, creating and using tabs and tables, embellishing documents with clip art and pictures, creating multiple documents through merging and printing documents.

Target audience

Anyone who wants to know more about the functionality of Word 2016.

Prerequisites

This course assumes little or no knowledge of Microsoft Word 2016. However, it would be beneficial to have a general understanding of personal computers and the operating system environment, especially in regard to working with files and folders.

Topics covered

Getting Started With Word

Starting Word From The Desktop

Understanding The Start Screen

Creating A New Blank Document

The Word Screen

How Microsoft Word 2016 Works

Using The Ribbon

Showing And Collapsing The Ribbon

Understanding The Backstage View

Accessing The Backstage View

Using Shortcut Menus

Understanding Dialog Boxes

Launching Dialog Boxes

Understanding The Quick Access Toolbar

Adding Commands To The QAT

Understanding The Status Bar

Exiting Safely From Word

Challenge Exercise

Challenge Exercise Workspace

Your First Document

Creating Documents In Word

Typing Text

The Save As Place

The Save As Dialog Box

Saving A New Document On Your Computer

Typing Numbers

Inserting A Date

Document Proofing

Checking Spelling And Grammar

Making Basic Changes

Saving An Existing Document

Printing A Document

Safely Closing A Document

Challenge Exercise

Challenge Exercise Data

Working With A Document

The Open Place

The Open Dialog Box

Opening An Existing Document

Navigating With The Keyboard

Scrolling Through A Document

Page Zooming

Viewing The Ruler

Showing Paragraph Marks

Counting Words

Challenge Exercise

Challenge Exercise Sample

Viewing Documents

Viewing Multiple Pages

Splitting The Window

Opening A New Window

Understanding Document Views

Changing Document Views

Understanding Read Mode

Viewing A Document In Read Mode

Viewing Gridlines

Challenge Exercise

Challenge Exercise Sample

Working With Text

Techniques For Selecting Text

Selecting Text Using The Mouse

Selecting Text Using The Keyboard

Editing Text In Insert Mode

Editing Text In Overtype Mode

Deleting Text

Using Undo

Using Redo

Understanding Find And Replace

Finding Words

Replacing Words

Using Go To

Challenge Exercise

Challenge Exercise Sample

Cutting And Copying

Understanding Cutting And Copying

Cutting And Pasting

Copying And Pasting

Drag And Drop Cutting

Drag And Drop Copying

Using The Clipboard Task Pane

Challenge Exercise

Challenge Exercise Sample

Text Appearance

Understanding Font Formatting

Understanding Font Formatting Tools

Working With Live Preview

Changing Fonts

Changing Font Size

Increasing And Decreasing Font Size

Making Text Bold

Italicising Text

Underlining Text

Highlighting Text

Changing Case

Changing Text Colour

Using The Format Painter

Using The Font Dialog Box

Clearing Font Formatting

Challenge Exercise

Challenge Exercise Sample

Working With Paragraphs

Understanding Paragraph Formatting

Understanding Text Alignment

Changing Text Alignments

Changing Line Spacing

Changing Paragraph Spacing

Indenting Paragraphs

Outdenting Paragraphs

Starting A Bulleted List

Adding Bullets To Existing Paragraphs

Removing Existing Bullets

Starting A Numbered List

Numbering Existing Paragraphs

Creating A Multilevel List

Removing Existing Numbers

The Borders And Shading Dialog Box

Shading Paragraphs

Applying Borders To Paragraphs

The Paragraph Dialog Box Indents And Spacing

The Paragraph Dialog Box Line And Page Breaks

Using The Paragraph Dialog Box

Challenge Exercise

Challenge Exercise Data

Working With Pages

Changing Page Margins

Setting Custom Margins

Changing Page Orientation

Changing Paper Sizing

Setting Custom Paper Sizes

Inserting Page Breaks

Removing Page Breaks

Inserting Page Numbers

Formatting Page Numbers

Removing Page Numbers

Challenge Exercise

Challenge Exercise Sample

Tabs

Using Default Tabs

Setting Tabs On The Ruler

Modifying Tabs On The Ruler

Setting Tabs In The Tabs Dialog Box

Setting Tab Leaders

Setting Bar Tabs

Setting Mixed Tabs

Removing Tabs

Challenge Exercise

Challenge Exercise Data

Tables

Understanding Tables

Creating A Table

Adding Data To A Table

Selecting In Tables Using The Ribbon

Selecting In Tables Using The Mouse

Inserting Columns And Rows

Deleting Columns And Rows

Changing Column Widths

Changing Row Heights

AutoFitting Columns

Shading Cells

Modifying Borders

Adding Custom Borders

Choosing A Table Style

Challenge Exercise

Challenge Exercise Data

Pictures

Understanding Pictures

Understanding Online Pictures

Inserting A Picture

Inserting An Online Picture

Selecting Pictures

Positioning Pictures

Applying Text Wrapping Styles

Resizing A Picture

Applying Picture Styles To Pictures

Resetting Pictures

Changing The Picture

Cropping A Picture

Deleting Pictures

Challenge Exercise

Challenge Exercise Sample

Performing A Mail Merge

Understanding Mail Merge

Understanding The Mail Merge Process

Creating A Recipient List

Creating The Starting Document

Starting The Mail Merge Wizard

Selecting A Recipient List

Inserting Mail Merge Fields

Previewing The Merged Documents

Completing The Merge

Challenge Exercise

Challenge Exercise Data

Printing Your Documents

Understanding Printing

Previewing Your Document

Quick Printing

Selecting A Printer

Printing The Current Page

Specifying A Range Of Pages

Specifying The Number Of Copies

Challenge Exercise

Challenge Exercise Sample

Getting Help

Understanding How Help Works

Using Tell Me

Accessing The Help Window

Navigating The Help Window

Using Google To Get Help

Printing A Help Topic

Challenge Exercise

Challenge Exercise Sample

A Guide To Brilliant Documents

The Four Pillars Of Great Design

Perfect Page Layouts

Make It Readable

Pictures Tell A Story

The Tips And Traps Of Writing

Challenge Exercise

Challenge Exercise Workspace

Objectives

At the completion of this course you should be able to:

Create a new document

Work with a document

Display documents using various views

Select and work with text in a document

Cut and copy information within and between documents

Use a range of font formatting techniques

Format paragraphs

Work effectively with features that affect the page layout of your document

Work with tabs

Create and modify tables

Insert and work with pictures in a Word document

Use the Mail Merge Wizard to perform mail merges

Print a document

Obtain help for Word whenever you need it

Create high quality document designs and layouts

Format

Watsonia workbook with 228 topics. Files for the exercises are provided on a CD or can be downloaded here